Kayode Olusoji and his beautiful wife Moji celebrated nine years in marital bliss today. The award winning music artiste and writer has shared revealing experiences on how he met his wife. Enjoy reading.
Think right and speak right, because God can do exceedingly, abundantly above what we ASK or THINK.
If I can still remember vividly, I think it all started in 1997; I was in my fourth and penultimate year in the university. I went for a concert that was been organized by one of the best musical group on our campus then. The name of the group is “Calvary Youth Singers (CYS)” and the name of the university is Federal University of Technology Akure (FUTA).
The musical explosion was very powerful. The music seemed to be out of this world. The voices of the singers were like angelic voices. The dexterity of the fingers of the musicians on their various instruments was highly professional and commendable. I am sure those hands were anointed. The kind of atmosphere that was created on that day gave me an intuition and an inkling that something was about to happen. It was indeed a very special day.
I actually went purposely for this concert. I wanted to be blessed and lifted by the soul lifting, blessing stimulating and heart pricking songs of the Calvary Youth Singers. I never knew that the word of the Master (Jesus) was about to come to pass in my life, where He says that ‘if you seek the Kingdom of God and its righteousness , all other things shall come as fringe benefits to you.
In the midst of the concert something happened. I saw some set of ladies invoking the presence of God with their angelic voices. So, just like Abraham’s servant (Eleazer) prayed to God, I just mumbled some prayers within me and said, “God, how I wish you give me one of these ladies as my wife”, I never knew that God saw my thought and heard my mumbled words on that day.
It was not too long before I knew who the lucky lady would be. When she stepped on the stage the atmosphere changed. There was a great calm and it looks as if heaven was about to fall. It clicked with my spirit that this must be the lady whom I will take along with me to embark on the longest journey, a lifetime commitment.
That concert sealed the deal of my lifetime friend, intimate prayer partner and loving and caring ministry partner. On that night, I got heaven’s endorsement on whom my wife will be.
The concert ended well but I made no move. I had earlier contacted this lady to come and join the musical group I started while God gave me the vision to reach out to the world in songs in 1996. I floated a group on campus known as “The El-Shaddai Voices”.
We were going from fellowship to fellowship and also to some campuses spreading the gospel via music. The lady actually declined politely due to her engagement in Calvary Youth Singers. She was polite enough for me to know that she had a good upbringing.
She promised to be available any time her help was needed despite her busy schedule. She however did not realize that she would eventually become my lifetime band member (smile…).
We concluded our final year and I only hinted a close friend of mine who was very close to her also. I wanted to be sure that she was actually the one to travel the longest road with me and to also be sure that the Holy Spirit is also actually giving me a nod, because I was just out of a relationship.
I also needed to know if I was not about to date a lady who was already engaged to someone else, so I needed to do my homework and know her engagement status.
It looked as if I was slow in making a move because we graduated together in the university yet I did not propose to her. The Holy Scripture says “He that believeth shall not make haste”. The Word of God also says even though the vision may tarry, but it will surely come, it will not tarry.
I am not sure I was actually thinking in that direction but I just believe that whatever is mine can never elude me.
We graduated from the school. She studied Geophysics while I studied Industrial Chemistry. We were in different fellowships and while we were in the university, she was engrossed in the activities of her band, while in my own case, I was not only very active in my fellowship, but I was also active in my band and in school politics.
We both went for our service year, we served in different states and I was working in Ibadan as a Teacher (that was before I joined the banking industry) but in her own case, she served in Lagos. Shortly after our service year, she left for UK for further studies, while I continued with my teaching job until I got a job in the banking industry.
We were really not in touch with one another so getting married to her looked like mission impossible, but what will be will be, especially if God has ordained it.
While I was in Ibadan, I went for a marriage seminar one day and the convener spoke on something that touched my heart. He said, many of us only pray to God for His will when it comes to marriage, but we don’t normally take time to seek His face for His will in all other aspects our lives.
He made an illustration that we don’t normally pray to God about our choice of job, the location He wants us to be, the nature of business to embark on, the caliber of partners we should bring on board as business partners, and the list goes on.
He further said, it is very possible that if one prays about the location or locality one should reside in or the company one should work with, we might eventually realized that we might meet our wife either in the right location or in the right job or the right business. This is a food for thought for the singles.
Well, I took the message hook line and sinker. My mindset about God’s perfect will changed. I realized that you might not need to work in Shell, Chevron or other multinational companies before you can make it big. You might not need to travel abroad before you can have great financial breakthrough.
There are many who are languishing and wallowing in abject poverty in the overseas countries, while their counterparts are making it big in their home country. It is therefore not a juicy location that determines your allocation, but God’s location is what determines your allocation.
After the meeting, I went back to God with a neutral mind to seek God’s face not only concerning my future partner, but also concerning the location where He wanted me to be, the nature of job He wanted me to do and of course, I also prayed about my future partner. Meanwhile, I was almost forgetting my experience in FUTA and the great minstrel I met at that concert.
I never wanted to work in the banking sector. Even though I graduated with Second Class Upper Division and that gave me a leverage to seek for a banking job, but I believed that such job would cage me and would not allow me to fulfill my vision. I was inundated and flooded with calls from friends and my siblings encouraging me to take up a banking job.
I had to seek God’s face to see whether He would give me the go ahead to go for the job. When I got God’s approval, I went for the job. The test and the interviews were done in Lagos. On the day I was going for my final interview, I met my old University friend who was very close to my wife while we were on campus.
That was the guy I had earlier hinted about my love for Moj as I fondly call her. We embraced each other and we started chatting. Along the line, he asked me if I was finally engaged and I told him I was not. I asked after his friend and he told me that she had left the country. I thought there was no ray of hope on her again until he gave me the assurance that I can still win a VISA that will give me an access to her heart.
At that point, I remembered the message I listened to in Ibadan from the marriage seminar. I remembered the concert in FUTA. I knew quiet well that meeting that guy was not a coincidence, my steps were ordered.
He gave me her contact details leaving the ball in my court. Trust me (smile…) I played the ball well and I won the VISA and I bought the Ticket to her heart. On October 9, 2004, she eventually let go of her maiden surname and adopted mine.
To the glory of God, it is nine years of marriage today and by God’s grace, we are still standing, waxing stronger, keeping faith, subduing kingdoms and taking over territories via our music. God saw my thought in the concert, he heard the prayers that I mumbled and it eventually came to pass. God can still do exceedingly, abundantly, above all we are able to ask or think. So, THINK RIGHT AND SPEAK RIGHT and also take the RIGHT ACTION.
To all who have been a blessing to us and our ministry, I want to say I love you all, God bless you.
– Kayode Olusoji
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